1982 in Malaysia

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1 January – The time zone in Peninsular Malaysia & Singapore has changed to GMT+08:00 and it has not changed since 1982
1 January – The metric system of weights and measurements were introduced to replace the British imperial systems.
3 January – Kota Darul Ehsan the biggest arch in Malaysia is opened.
10 January – The former Defence Minister, Tan Sri Ghazalie Shafie, survives a plane crash.
February – The construction of the Penang Bridge projects had begun.
13 February – The first section of North–South Expressway, Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway toll sections from Sungai Besi to Labu was opened to traffic.
March – The second version of Malaysian Ringgit RM 1 notes is introduced.
April – The 1982 Malaysian General Elections. The State Assemblyman for Tampin, Negri Sembilan, Datuk Mohd Taha Talib was found murdered. The then Culture, Youth and Sports Minister, Datuk Mokhtar Hashim was arrested and later convicted in connection with the murder.
29 April – McDonald's Malaysia opened its first restaurant at Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
1 July – Official opening of the East–West Highway from Gerik, Perak to Jeli, Kelantan.
31 August – Malaysia celebrates its Silver Jubilee (25 years) of independence

Berdisiplin Giat Maju

Quincy Tan – Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter
Daniel Lee Chee Hun – Malaysian Chinese singer
Achik Spin (real name Abdillah Murad Md Shari) – vocalist in Spin rock band and husband to the singer Siti Nordiana (Nana)
Hafiz Hashim – Malaysian badminton player
Lee Chong Wei – Malaysian badminton player
Chin Eei Hui — Malaysian woman badminton player (doubles)
Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy – Malaysian A1GP driver
Mohd Rizalman bin Abd. Rahman – Negeri Sembilan football player

Years in Malaysia
Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya, Sarawak under Crown Colony of Sarawak and Kingdom of Sarawak and Sabah under North Borneo.
Years in British Malaya	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
Years in Federation of Malaya	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Years in Malaysia	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

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